How Cisco SD-Access helps to solve challenges in Healthcare #1

Cost pressure in the healthcare results in better utilizing of costly medical devices. On the other side this devices are connected to the network to share important telemetry data in realtime. Unfortunately, the IP stack implementation of this devices is limited and often the IP configuration needs a static IP assignment. Which limiteds the mobility of the medical device because of different IP subnets between floors and/or buildings.

With Software Defined Access, also referred to as Cisco’s SD-Access solution, we’re making a major industry shift in traditional operational models by shifting to policy-based automation from the edge to the cloud. This automation includes integrated Secure Segmentation for users and things through the use of a campus fabric, drastically simplifying and scaling operations while providing complete visibility and delivering new services quickly.

Although the campus fabric brings the ability to have any VLAN everywhere because each access switch has any VLAN available and the VLAN can be mapped dynamically or statically on a port. On every access switch (Edge Node) is the same default gateway (Anycast Gateway) configured to limit the broadcast domain and the control-plane takes care of the host location. This brings real mobility for medical devices even if they need a static configured IP address.

The next parts of this blog will cover additional challenges in healthcare.

Some of the individuals posting to this site, including the moderators, work for Cisco Systems. Opinions expressed here and in any corresponding comments are the personal opinions of the original authors, not of Cisco. The content is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by Cisco or any other party. This site is available to the public. No information you consider confidential should be posted to this site. By posting you agree to be solely responsible for the content of all information you contribute, link to, or otherwise upload to the Website and release Cisco from any liability related to your use of the Website. You also grant to Cisco a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and fully-paid, transferable (including rights to sublicense) right to exercise all copyright, publicity, and moral rights with respect to any original content you provide. The comments are moderated. Comments will appear as soon as they are approved by the moderator.